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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Guillermo A. Calle, Moorpark, CA (US);
Kevin Hood, Coquitlam, CA;
Inventors:
Guillermo A. Calle, Moorpark, CA (US);
Kevin Hood, Coquitlam, CA;
Assignee:
Advanced Bionics AG, Staefa, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36032 (2013.01); A61N 1/37247 (2013.01); A61N 1/37264 (2013.01); H04R 25/70 (2013.01); A61N 1/0541 (2013.01); H04R 2225/41 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary method of fitting a sound processor to a cochlear implant patient includes pre-loading program data representative of a plurality of sound processing programs onto a sound processor during a data transfer session and selectively using, after completion of the data transfer session, one or more of the pre-loaded sound processing programs to fit the sound processor to the patient. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.